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H. A. HUDSON,

REIN HOLDER.

(ModeL) No. 277,734. Patented May 15,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY A. HUDSON, OF DELAWANNA, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOJAMES H. THORP,

OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

RElN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,734, dated May 15,1883.

Application filed March 2, 1883. (Model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY A. Henson, of Delawanna, in the county ofPassaic, and in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in VVhip- Sockets and Rein Holders; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thelet ters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in attachments forvehicles, for plows, and agricultural machines; and it has for itsobjects to provide certain means whereby the reins et, which isconstructed of metal, preferably cast metal, and of any suitable shape.

The letter B indicates a metallic bar cast with a slightlycurved lug,(J, extending to one side, and a short slotted lug, I), at about rightangles to the lug (J. The lower part of the bar is riveted or otherwiseattached to the lower part of the whip-socket, and the upper end of saidbar is curved or bent to one side, and the upper part of the whip-socketis bent in an opposite direction, forming a bifurcated stand- 1 ard,between the rigid members of which the reins may be held.

To the lug or lip O is secured adjustably a lip or lug,E,which is alsocurved, as indicated, toward the edge of the lug or lip O. The said lipor lug E has an extension, F, which is provided with a short lug, G,which is adapted to set into the slotted lug D.

The letter H indicates a clamping-screw, by means of which the lipsorlugs may be clamped to the dash-board ofa vehicle or other object, asshown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. In the saidfigure a rein-holder aloneis illustrated. consists of a bifurcated standard of cast metal, havingone vertical arm I and a curved arm, K. The curved arm, with thevertical arm, forms the V-shaped space for the rein, and the device isprovided with clamping devices similar to those above mentioned. Thevertical arm is slotted at its upper end, and within said slot ispivoted a serrated eccentric segment, II, which is provided with aweighted arm, M, and which is intended to bite into the reins and holdthe same. The opposite sides of the parts which hold the rein arecorrugated or ribbed, as indicated by the letter M, in order to betterhold the reins.

The device is applied to the dash-board of a vehicle, or to anyconvenient part of an agricultural apparutus, by opening the same byloosening the screw, then setting the lips over and clamp them securelyupon the object to which the device is to be attached.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire-to secureby Letters Patent, is-

In a rein-holder, a bifurcated standard having rigid arms, between whichthe reins maybe by it may be secured to a dash --board, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses,this-17th day of January, 1883.

HARRY A. HUDSON.

Witnesses:

,WM. H. DURKIN,

O. H. PERRY.

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